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SAN FRANCISCO fOQHORN Volume 71, Number 3 September 24,1976 City clogs it — students hold it by Philippe Marcou The S. F. Water Department deluged USF's plumbing system with sand last Monday morning, resulting in a complete shutdown of lavatory facilities in nine of the campuses twelve buildings. The Water Department, sometime between nine and eleven A.M., raised the pressure in the main water line under Golden Gate Avenue in an attempt to flush out an accumulation of sand and dirt. According to normal procedure USF should have been advised to close its water mains. No such warning, however, was given and the dislodged dirt and sand came pouring into the USF water supply. The first signs of trouble began to appear around 9:30 a.m. when a janitor reported to the residential life receptionist that a toilet on second floor Phelan was continuously flushing. This was followed by further reports between 11:00 and 11:30 a.m. from fifth floor Hayes-Healy and Phelan of malfunctioning toilets and loss of water pressure. At this point. Residential Life notified plant concerning the incidents. By noon the desk at the Plant Office was over whelmed with calls as reports from all over the campus came pouring in. The Plant Director, Paul Waddington, and Chief Engineer, Harold Hansen, were informed and immediately called the S.F. Water Service Department. The Department responded that it knew nothing about the situation but would send men over immediately. The Plant staff meanwhile proceeded to disconnect all on-campus machinery which utilized water and checked the campus water support system for any signs of an above or underground leak. The Water Department service man failed to arrive despite repeated calls from the Plant staff. The Water Department re- sonded to each call with the statement that their man was "on the way," or "in the area." By early afternoon the Plant engineers had completed their initial inspection of the campus facilities and had no alternative but to await the Water Department. The water pressure on campus by this time had fallen from a normal of 80 pounds per square inch to 35. The Water Department service man arrived finally at about 5:30 p.m. and checked the City's meters. He claimed the problem was on campus and left. The Plant engineers began a systematic attempt to pinpoint the problem after the service man's departure. The water supply to each affected building was cut off and then turned on, after all the sand had been screened out of the toilet valves. Since none of the lavatories in the buildings could be used during this time any sign of water flow would indicate a leak in the buildings checked. At this time, the Plant engineers were unaware that the sand had been pumped by the Water Department. It was thought to have been stirred up by the shutting on and off of the water supply during the course of the difficulties. U.S.F. students, in the meantime, had been without lavatory facilities since noon. By evening students were becoming desperate and resorting to bushes and occasionally windows (there were reports of passers-by the dorms being "rained" on). A flood in the basement of Gillson during the engineers' checkup of the building added to the confusion, causing the elevators to be closed down 246 Tickets Bargained Away By Mike Hanna .246 of the best seats for the USF home basketball games are no longer available to students on a seasonal or per-game basis. The first six rows of seats in section E have been sold to the general public as season tickets for $55 a seat. Early last summer the decision was made to cut out the first six rows of seats in section E, court floor, center court, because of two reasons, according to Bill Fusco, the sports information director. The first reason was that students were either selling or giving their tickets to non-students. The other reason he gave was the harassment of coach Bob Galliard during the home games. According to Fusco, there was a small group of students at every game that sat behind the bench, were yelling, and generally making it hard for Mr. Galliard to do his job. However, the students did not completely lose out, according to Stan Roualdes, ASUSF president and a participant in the summer "deal" conference that made this decision. The other participants were Lisa Gheno, chairperson of Welcome Week; Bill Fusco, and Ann Dolan, Vice President of Student Affairs. Stan Roualdes states that the students gained about 600 seats in the bargain. These additional seats are in the upper deck general admission section. As such, they can't be purchased as season tickets, and the seats are not as good, but they should avoid the problem that we had at the sell-out games last year. Last year the number of tickets available for students on a per-game basis was 1450, of which almost 500 were student reserved season tickets. Currently, there are 2000 tickets available to students but only 246 of those are available on a season ticket basis. In separate interviews Dr. Dolan and Bill Fusco gave separate primary reasons for the decision. Mr. Fusco gave the harassment of the coach as his main reason, and Dr. Dolan said the financial gain from the sale of the tickets was one of the primary reasons for the decision. Dr. Dolan said the highest single game revenue from ticket sales was $8990. By selling the reserved section to the general public instead of to the students for $5, the revenue would increase by $12,000 for the year. In perspective, all parties agreed that the financial question was not as crucial as had been thought. Since this was the case, a discission of the alternative solutions to the problem was in order. At the June meeting it was admitted that alternative solutions to the problem were not discussed. Such solution have in fact been implemented. Tickets that, are marked for stu- while R.A.'s battled to keep the water out of the lounge and elevator shafts. Another flood in the Common's kitchen was caught by the plant engineers during their inspection of the building before it caused any damage. The flooding in Harney, however, was more extensive and ruined the ceiling of the computer room before it was discovered. By 11:30 p.m. the crisis had ended. Plant engineers had finally finished checking the dorms, and finding no leaks, reopened the bathrooms to the students. Not until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, however, was a Water Department official contacted and the source of the problem discovered. The official offered an apology from the Water department—but no explanation. Plant director Paul Waddington is not satisfied with the apology and plans to file with the Water Deparment's Claims section for an estimated $2,200 to $1,500 overtime and damages. -" »Aw*r Chavez on Prop 14 United Farmworkers President Cesar Chavez will be on the USF campus to speak in favor of the Yes on 14 campaign in Northern California. He will be speaking in McLaren 252 on the 30th of September, this Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. Chavez is being jointly sponsored by a number of groups on campus. Most notably this is a joint effort of the Law School Student Bar Association and ASUSF. The other ASUSF groups that are sponsoring the talk are La Raza Unida. and SEC. Chavez, one of the best known and most trusted leaders in America for his long struggle on behalf of the poor and all minority groups, will be encourag ing people to register to vote and join the Yes on 14 campaign. Proposition 14, the Farmworker Election Law, would reenact by vote of the people, the Agricultural Labor Relations Act now in effect, in order to ensure the secret ballot rights of farmworkers against legislative erosion, and prevent the shut-down of the overseeing Board as happened in 1976. dents can no longer be sold to non-students, and the problem of noise can easily be solved by stressing more crowd control on the part of the security guards. Upon further questioning, Stan Roualdes admitted that he underestimated student reaction, and had not given full examination to the possible alternatives. In defense of their decision Dr. Dolan replied in a number of areas. First, she said that there were really no bad seats in the USF gym, and that we had actually gained in the long-run. She also compared USF to other schools in the area as to student seating, and said that USF came out ahead. Dr. Dolan also replied that Stan and Lisa provided adequate student input to the decisionmaking process. In response to demands by the ASUSF Senate a continued on page 11
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Transcript | SAN FRANCISCO fOQHORN Volume 71, Number 3 September 24,1976 City clogs it — students hold it by Philippe Marcou The S. F. Water Department deluged USF's plumbing system with sand last Monday morning, resulting in a complete shutdown of lavatory facilities in nine of the campuses twelve buildings. The Water Department, sometime between nine and eleven A.M., raised the pressure in the main water line under Golden Gate Avenue in an attempt to flush out an accumulation of sand and dirt. According to normal procedure USF should have been advised to close its water mains. No such warning, however, was given and the dislodged dirt and sand came pouring into the USF water supply. The first signs of trouble began to appear around 9:30 a.m. when a janitor reported to the residential life receptionist that a toilet on second floor Phelan was continuously flushing. This was followed by further reports between 11:00 and 11:30 a.m. from fifth floor Hayes-Healy and Phelan of malfunctioning toilets and loss of water pressure. At this point. Residential Life notified plant concerning the incidents. By noon the desk at the Plant Office was over whelmed with calls as reports from all over the campus came pouring in. The Plant Director, Paul Waddington, and Chief Engineer, Harold Hansen, were informed and immediately called the S.F. Water Service Department. The Department responded that it knew nothing about the situation but would send men over immediately. The Plant staff meanwhile proceeded to disconnect all on-campus machinery which utilized water and checked the campus water support system for any signs of an above or underground leak. The Water Department service man failed to arrive despite repeated calls from the Plant staff. The Water Department re- sonded to each call with the statement that their man was "on the way," or "in the area." By early afternoon the Plant engineers had completed their initial inspection of the campus facilities and had no alternative but to await the Water Department. The water pressure on campus by this time had fallen from a normal of 80 pounds per square inch to 35. The Water Department service man arrived finally at about 5:30 p.m. and checked the City's meters. He claimed the problem was on campus and left. The Plant engineers began a systematic attempt to pinpoint the problem after the service man's departure. The water supply to each affected building was cut off and then turned on, after all the sand had been screened out of the toilet valves. Since none of the lavatories in the buildings could be used during this time any sign of water flow would indicate a leak in the buildings checked. At this time, the Plant engineers were unaware that the sand had been pumped by the Water Department. It was thought to have been stirred up by the shutting on and off of the water supply during the course of the difficulties. U.S.F. students, in the meantime, had been without lavatory facilities since noon. By evening students were becoming desperate and resorting to bushes and occasionally windows (there were reports of passers-by the dorms being "rained" on). A flood in the basement of Gillson during the engineers' checkup of the building added to the confusion, causing the elevators to be closed down 246 Tickets Bargained Away By Mike Hanna .246 of the best seats for the USF home basketball games are no longer available to students on a seasonal or per-game basis. The first six rows of seats in section E have been sold to the general public as season tickets for $55 a seat. Early last summer the decision was made to cut out the first six rows of seats in section E, court floor, center court, because of two reasons, according to Bill Fusco, the sports information director. The first reason was that students were either selling or giving their tickets to non-students. The other reason he gave was the harassment of coach Bob Galliard during the home games. According to Fusco, there was a small group of students at every game that sat behind the bench, were yelling, and generally making it hard for Mr. Galliard to do his job. However, the students did not completely lose out, according to Stan Roualdes, ASUSF president and a participant in the summer "deal" conference that made this decision. The other participants were Lisa Gheno, chairperson of Welcome Week; Bill Fusco, and Ann Dolan, Vice President of Student Affairs. Stan Roualdes states that the students gained about 600 seats in the bargain. These additional seats are in the upper deck general admission section. As such, they can't be purchased as season tickets, and the seats are not as good, but they should avoid the problem that we had at the sell-out games last year. Last year the number of tickets available for students on a per-game basis was 1450, of which almost 500 were student reserved season tickets. Currently, there are 2000 tickets available to students but only 246 of those are available on a season ticket basis. In separate interviews Dr. Dolan and Bill Fusco gave separate primary reasons for the decision. Mr. Fusco gave the harassment of the coach as his main reason, and Dr. Dolan said the financial gain from the sale of the tickets was one of the primary reasons for the decision. Dr. Dolan said the highest single game revenue from ticket sales was $8990. By selling the reserved section to the general public instead of to the students for $5, the revenue would increase by $12,000 for the year. In perspective, all parties agreed that the financial question was not as crucial as had been thought. Since this was the case, a discission of the alternative solutions to the problem was in order. At the June meeting it was admitted that alternative solutions to the problem were not discussed. Such solution have in fact been implemented. Tickets that, are marked for stu- while R.A.'s battled to keep the water out of the lounge and elevator shafts. Another flood in the Common's kitchen was caught by the plant engineers during their inspection of the building before it caused any damage. The flooding in Harney, however, was more extensive and ruined the ceiling of the computer room before it was discovered. By 11:30 p.m. the crisis had ended. Plant engineers had finally finished checking the dorms, and finding no leaks, reopened the bathrooms to the students. Not until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, however, was a Water Department official contacted and the source of the problem discovered. The official offered an apology from the Water department—but no explanation. Plant director Paul Waddington is not satisfied with the apology and plans to file with the Water Deparment's Claims section for an estimated $2,200 to $1,500 overtime and damages. -" »Aw*r Chavez on Prop 14 United Farmworkers President Cesar Chavez will be on the USF campus to speak in favor of the Yes on 14 campaign in Northern California. He will be speaking in McLaren 252 on the 30th of September, this Thursday, at 3:30 p.m. Chavez is being jointly sponsored by a number of groups on campus. Most notably this is a joint effort of the Law School Student Bar Association and ASUSF. The other ASUSF groups that are sponsoring the talk are La Raza Unida. and SEC. Chavez, one of the best known and most trusted leaders in America for his long struggle on behalf of the poor and all minority groups, will be encourag ing people to register to vote and join the Yes on 14 campaign. Proposition 14, the Farmworker Election Law, would reenact by vote of the people, the Agricultural Labor Relations Act now in effect, in order to ensure the secret ballot rights of farmworkers against legislative erosion, and prevent the shut-down of the overseeing Board as happened in 1976. dents can no longer be sold to non-students, and the problem of noise can easily be solved by stressing more crowd control on the part of the security guards. Upon further questioning, Stan Roualdes admitted that he underestimated student reaction, and had not given full examination to the possible alternatives. In defense of their decision Dr. Dolan replied in a number of areas. First, she said that there were really no bad seats in the USF gym, and that we had actually gained in the long-run. She also compared USF to other schools in the area as to student seating, and said that USF came out ahead. Dr. Dolan also replied that Stan and Lisa provided adequate student input to the decisionmaking process. In response to demands by the ASUSF Senate a continued on page 11 |
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